St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

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,eeG..GW ~ lie the nature of the
tfSRW2H1 charges and much of
e-qE 49, the sensational evil
dence adduced at the hearings. FROM
these it appears that a very ugly case
has been made against Pastor Millen,
and although he strenuOusly asserts his
ability to prove his innocence When MS
turn comes. the feeling among his con-
gregation is so strong that he can
scarcely retain his pa Storate Ill any
event.
The accused minister is man OF Strlk-
ing personality, with face ana inquire
that indicate great physical ana mental
power. He is a married man OF forty
two years of age, with two children.
He is tall, strongly built and handsome,
with bold black eyes, close cut black
hair and luXuriant muStache, trimmed
with great care. He is native OF BoS-
ton, and was a lawyer before he betook
himself to the ministry. He has moved
frequently from place to place. and the
change was rarely to his pecunlary adj
vantage. 1t is said that his removal
was always ca used by trouble With his
congregation.
In 1875 Mr.. Millen was pastor of the
Wesley NJ. E. church of Haverhill,
Mass, concerning which period OF his
career there are affidavits on file before
the examining body made by John n.
Snow and Ira E. Way, two OF the trus-
tees. They state that the. troubles with
Mr.. AIillen in their town arose because
during the absence of his wife he
brought young woman to live in the
house. and maintained an improper rela-
ton with her. Trustee Snow was the
landlord of the house, and occupied one
floor there. He did some detective work
on his own account, and one night
caught the pastor and the lady i'll an
embarrassing position.
Next night Mr.. Snow watched again
and history repeated itself. UnfOr-
tunately the pastor caught
SIGHT OF TIE TRUSTEE
i'll Peeping Tom attitude, and Mr..
Snow sought refuge in the cellar. Pas
tor Millen turned the key on him and
left him in the dark hole all night.
The incident caused lively breeze in
Haverhill and the paster had to get out.
His salary there was 81 200, but his next
passionate was S7O0 one at Lynn, Mass.
From there in 1880 he migrated to Bay
side, l.. l.. where the congregation was
small and poor and paid their pastor
only 5000. Five years ago Mr.. Millen
appeared in Brooklyn as pastor of the
Pacific Avenue church, but he resigned
in the spring of 1888, and in a few
months was called to the pulpit OF the
DeKalb Avenue church. He has been
pastor of the Washington Street church
for about eighteen months, and his sal
airy there is 81, 400.
EHring the greater part of his sOjOurn
in Brooklyn ugly rumorS have been
afoat affecting Nj. Millen's character,
but they never came to head until the
summer of this year. The autOcratic
temperament of the pastor then brought
him into antagOniSm with f. E. Parish
ley, wealthy member of the congrega-
ton and the leader of the Sunday
school. Mr.. Parshley is as autocratic in
his temperament as Rev. Charles w.
Millen, and when Greek met Greek the
proyerbial tug of war came. The pas
tor first got the upper hand, and when
he packed meeting of the church
members and deposed Mr.. Parshley
from his position as superintendent,
war broke out.
Mr.. Parshley made himself mouth
piece for the outraged morality of the
congregation. and soon produced a
startling list of charges against the pas
tor. The case nearest at hand was that
of Mrs. Anna Squire, who keeps fash
iOnable boarding house on Washington
street, next door to the church. Mrs.
SQuireS is a handsome woman of forty
five years and of a very attractive
figure. In spite of her gray hair she
looks much younger than her years.
The story goes land its main points
are corroborated by Mrs. Squire'S testi-
mOny) that at social gathering Miss
Cora Hazard, a cousin of Mrs. Squire,
introduced the pastor to her at his re-
quest. He made his first call at her
house the next day. Mrs. Squire was
alone i'll the house and they sat in the
parl0r. In most unaccountable way
Pastor Mlllen began to hint at improper
things, but the lady edged away from
him and pretended not to notice them.
Suddenly he put his arms around her
and would have proceeded to eXtremi-
ties had she not risen in tempest Of
anger and ordered him from the house.
There are other details to the story
which put Pastor Millen's conduct and
character in much worse light.
Another, specification charges the
pastor with
IMPROPER CONDUCT BY THE WHOLE
SALE
while on three days visit to Boston
last August. Two gay and sprightly
young ladies of that town, Minnie Joy
and Maggie Crawling, have put ON
record the history of their acquaintance
with Mr.. Nlillen, and the latter has
come to Brooklyn and given her evil
dence in person.
Maggie is fascinating blonde of
twenty-five years, and has apartments
with Minnie Joy at No. SO Essex street.
Boston. She admitted on the stand
that she and her roommate are of shady
reputation. Her evidence was to the
effect that the pastor made a tour of
some select houses in Boston. and that
on the evening of Aug. Ia he was in
troduced 10 her and Minnie at music
hall. He went home with the girls,
and, after an hour spent in singing and
playing on the piano, he sat down with
Maggie at window and began telling
her of many Instances in which he had
been successful with ladies. He made
proposals to her, but they disagreed
about matter of money. lie then paid
his attentions to Minnie JOY. and oc-
cupied room with her for two hours.
The sixth specification in the indict-
ment charges Pastor Millen with adul-
terry in the parsonage of the De Kalb
Avenue church in the summer of 1884
with member of his former congrega-
ton.
One of his Stanchest supporters init
mates that the Boston incident which is
the most serious, will not be denied.
The pastor will, he said, acknowledge
that he was with Minnie Joy in Miss
Crayeling's apartments, but he will tes-
tlfy that he met the girls by accident
and believed them to be pure and virtu-
GUS women. He will claim that Maggie
Crawling first caught his ear by saying
she had heard him preach at Lynn,
Mass. and derived much spiritual con-
ISOLATION and reyiyificatiOn from his ser
mon. His defense in the Squire case
will be general denial of improper con-
duct or conversation.